Water service restored to Point Loma Heights neighborhood

SAN DIEGO - Workers restored water service today to a Point Loma
Heights-area neighborhood that went without working plumbing for
nearly 12 hours due to an overnight main break, authorities
reported.

The pipeline failure in the 4200 block of Voltaire Street
occurred about 11 last night and affected about 70 addresses along
a seven-block stretch of the road, according to the San Diego Water
Department.

Crews had the 10-inch-diameter main mended, the street patched
and water flowing again in the area by 10:30 a.m., SDWD information
officer Tedi Jackson said.

The advanced age of the cast-iron pipe - about 70 years - likely
was to blame for its failure, Jackson said.